Bioscience & Health Portal -- OverviewNew medical diagnostic tests, improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care electronic records, reference materials for laboratory test methods, faster screening of promising vaccines, these are a few of the many areas where National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research serves the needs of the bioscience and health care community. NIST collaborates extensively with other federal and private organizations to provide the new measurements and standards methods, tools, and data needed to advance biosciences and health research. Bioscience and Health represent a large portion of that content. Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research>> Programs and Projects
Development of a Standard Reference Material for Metabolites in Plasma
Metabolomics is a relatively new field that builds upon work in genomics and proteomics. Metabolomics can provide a unique perspective on the … more
Nanotube Metrology
The Nanotube Metrology project is dedicated to improving the measurement methods for, and fundamental understanding of, single-wall carbon … more
Nanoparticle Measurements and Standards for Biomedical Applications and Health
Our goal is to develop certified reference materials, standard test methods, measurements, and critical data for the physicochemical … more
Development of a Collagen Fibril Reference Material for Reproducible Cell Response
An important determinant of cellular response to drugs and toxins is the chemical and physical nature of the extracellular matrix (ECM) to which … more
Evaluating Measurement Quality of Microfluidic Cell-based Assays
Microfluidic technologies show promise as miniaturized, portable platforms for cell assays, but must be tested to establish confidence of … more
Collagen Films Protocol
Background: Collagen type 1 is the most prevalent extracellular protein in connective tissue, and is part of the family of collagens that are … more Software
Isotope Enrichment Calculator
The NIST Isotope Enrichment Calculator is a program written in Visual Basic which determines the percentage of 15 N enrichment of stable … more
NIST Mass and Fragment Calculator Software
The NIST Mass and Fragment Calculator is a program written in Visual Basic which calculates the mass of an input peptide or protein sequence along … more
NIST's Integrated colony enumerator (NICE)
Enumeration of bacterial colonies on an agar plate is simple in concept, but automated colony counting is difficult due to variations in colony … more |
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